WSJ's Steven Russolillo joins the News Hub to discuss the effect the 'fiscal cliff' is having on the markets, and news that Oracle will pay multiple dividends before years end. Photo: Bloomberg News.

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... the the ... quite HTC Steber so Lula joins us to discuss well ... what actually ... happened to the latest in a freak like they take not a lot of time to actually really no major news coming on the economic front ... when it comes to earnings again this is what kind of in between the that that that the earnings periods here so ... I cannot walk on news and sore and Toll Brothers are two notable names the reporting but ... it's a quiet day on on the already online radio company yes yes so ... all in one yet they like this when people turn to Washington what's going on with the fiscal cliff negotiations so ... again today it seems like ... the stalemate continues the GOP had their their plan the White House ... but rejected it ... so we're still stuck in this sort of you know push and pull with what's happening in Washington and how is there going to be a deal before the deadline is old ... on things like this you could get a headline here headline that they could swing things one way or the other ... up and although it just seems like people are just sort of in weensy mode ... hoping that Santa rally ... in December but for now though just ... waiting to see what's going happen on the economic front with the jobs working on Friday ... and was can happen and watch the SEC job supporting other particular things we need to look for over the next few days this week well what happen yesterday Oracle had some big dividend news that after the bell announcing they were pushing up their dividend not just when dividend but they're paying three dividends earlier that it is at its four-year Kerrigan and ... pull for a three to three quarters that the next three quarter's worth of dividend sees that came on December and it's just another example of a company that is making moves ahead of the fiscal cliff ... people know what's going happen with this dividend tax rate so if you pay now you know with that the tax rate is now ... a new sequence of the uncertainty that could happen in twenty thirteen is interesting to know that you're seeing a lot of these moves and in some these insider can be controlled companies ... and Oracle's an example that Larry Ellison owns about twenty three percent stake in the company ... Sen speaking of which two in a sense for how much of those dividends they're pulled forward how much in taxes he's gonna say well that's a great point because in the Journal today we said that he stands to receive about one hundred and ninety million dollars from the accelerated to that ... so ... it's a it's going and not attending any new debt to back to mean what what's the difference of no accelerated dividend and the real differences ... in the tax rate that you'll pay almost didn't write write write ... we think about it the man's worth something like thirty billion dollars ... it is this is happening this is no money for him yet yet exactly but I mean what we're seeing now with these dividends ... is that I can as it integrates that more than two hundred companies have had ... announced special dividends on this is just a Cummins moving up the difference that announce special dividends in November ... that's more than three times the amount from that the same time period a year ago so ... more more companies are doing a lot of these countries are really small companies ... an insider own company so Oracle is one of the few examples of the pretty large company that is also making the sort of move so maybe fetches a of ... and yet that is a lot people are expecting more to come in the future ok Steve thanks much for joining us thank you and for more of the markets come back at ten thirty for the markets of ...